Michael thompson



(No Mo'deL) M. THOMPSON.

.LARD, FRUIT, OR OIL PRESS.

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MICHAEL THOMPSON, OF GOODRIOH, KANSAS.

LARD, FRUIT, AND OIL PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming 'part of Letters Patent No.y 367,865, dated August9, 1887. Application filed February 18, 1887. Serial No. 228,106. (Nomodel.)

.To all whom 1t-may concern.-

Be it known that. I, MICHAEL Tl-IoMrsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Goodrich, iu the county of Linn and State oi' Kansas, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Lard, Fruit, and Oil Presses, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference be ing had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in portable presses forlard, oils, and similar articles, which will be hereinafter more fullydescribed, `and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification,Figure l is a transverse vertical section of the press with a dri p.-pan below. Fig. 2 `is au'uuder side view of the sieve. Fig. 3 is atransverse vertical section of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan'view of theremovable spider, which is shown in its proper place in Fig. l. Fig. 5is a perspective view of a block which is placed between the lever andthe follower.

A represents a cylindrical vessel, having a funnel-'shaped bottom, A, inwhich bottom is a eonvenientsized opening, a. rlhis opening a has aflanged rim or spout, a', extending a short distance below the bottom,and on it is a removable rim or ring, I), which has on its lower edge aline wire sieve, b. rlhe cylinder A is supported on legs B B, &c., at aconvenient distance above the ground or table, so th at a drip-pan, O,can be placed under it to catch the drippings from the press.

D is a spider, which rests loosely upon the bottom of the cylinder A,.and has slots d d, die., all around it to permit the oil or otherliquid matter to pass iuto the funnel A and to the drip-pan C.

E is a lever, which is pivoted at one end by a piu, f to projectingstandards F, fastened at the top of the cylinder A ou one side. At theopposite side of the cylinder are two other staudards,'F, with holes fin them, so that when the lever E is brought down, as shown in Fig. l, apin, f", can be inserted above the lever to keep it down. I,

In Fig. 5 is shown a perspective view of a small block, e, two of whichare seen in `section in Fig. 1 under the middle of the lever and abovethe follower G, any number of which g can beused as the compression inthe takes place.

G is a follower-plate, which is placed above the material to becompressed, and ou which, by means of the blocks c c, Sie., the leveroperates upon the follower. A bail-wire, H, is attached to the cylinderA by the ears h, by which the press can be easily transported from placeto place. The whole may be economically constructed of east metal ofsuch thickness as will sustain the pressure required to express the oilor other liquid from the coarse material to be operated upon, whichlatter is held upon the spider D, made removable for the purpose ofcleansing.

Vhat I claiml is- A portable press for lard, fruit, oil, Snc.,comprising the cylinder A, terminating in a funnel-'shaped bottom, A',and the oriiice a, covered by removable sieve b, the removable spider D,the follower G, lever E, blocks c e, bail-wire I-I, and standards F F,all substantially as and for the purpose described.

press In testimony that I. claim the foregoing as my own I hereto affixmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL THOMPSON.

Witnesses:

J Mins TYsoN, J. E. OALvERT.

